fertility rate

Births per 1000 women, categorized according to a specific composition of mothers in the population: (1) Crude birth rate: number of live births per 1000 of population. (2) General fertility rate: number of live births per 1000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 years. (3) Age-specific fertility rate: number of births to women of a particular age (called cohorts). (4) Total fertility rate: Average number of children a woman would bear during her lifetime, assuming her childbearing conforms to her age-specific fertility rate every year of her childbearing years (typically, age 15 to 44). (5) Completed fertility rate: number of children actually born per woman in a cohort of women up to the end of their childbearing years (typically, age 44).

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The fertility rate in the emerging market was of paramount importance in factoring that information in to our decision making process.

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I checked out the fertility rate in my state and was surprised at the numbers, which were very high for a state.

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The fertility rate of women below the age of 44 is higher than those that are age 45 or above, which makes it difficult for those to conceive that have pursued career goals first before starting a family.